What's the difference between spatchcock and spitchcock?

Spatchcock


Definition:

  • (n.) See Spitchcock.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If the Labour leader has his way, into the dustbin of history will go the "electoral college", the spatchcocked compromise that was a product of the Bennite wars of the 1980s.
  • (2) By not recognising the success of his eclectic and spatchcocked Keynesianism, the public is misinformed – told that austerity worked and, as importantly, the philosophy behind it works too.

Spitchcock


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in hot fat.
  • (n.) An eel split and broiled.

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